Hook retriever



July 31, 1951 w, CARR 2,562,413

HOOK RETRIEVER Filed May 5, 1949 INVENTOR.

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Patented July 31 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 HOOK RETRIEVER Walter Carr, Kilgore, Tex.

Application May 5, 1949, Serial No. 91,569

1 Claim.

This invention relates to means for retrieving snagged hooks.

An object of this invention is to provide a hook retrieving means whereby a snagged hook may be released from an obstruction without injury to the hook or lure and without breaking of the fish line. In the carrying out of this invention a weighted releasing member is slidingly engaged with a fish line and the latter is held substantially taut so as to form a guide for the releasing member. The releasing member may be used either as a striker to break the obstruction, or as a weight acting in a downward direction to effect release of the hook or lure.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hook retrieving means which includes a pair of snap hooks whereby the device may be easily and quickly mounted on or removed from the fish line.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawing and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a detailed side elevation of a hook retrieving means constructed according to an embodiment of this invention, showing the device in the applied position.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detailed side elevation partly in section of the hook releasing member.

Referring to th drawing, the numeral I designates a fish line having a hook II, which is shown as being engaged with an obstruction I3. In order to provide'a means whereby the hook II may be disengaged from the obstruction I3, I have provided a weighted releasing member generally designated as I2. The releasing member I2 includes an elongated outer metal tubular portion I4 having apertures 2| and 24 therein, to be more fully described hereinafter, said tubular portion having therein a twisted wire I5 formed at its upper end with a ring or eye I6 which projects above the tube or casing M.

The wire I5 is embedded in a lead body or weight l1 provided with recesses 30, 3I which are aligned with the apertures 2 I, 24, in tubular outer portion I4, and the wire I5 passes through said recesses and is bent angularly at its lower end as indicated I8, so as to prevent it from being pulled through the body IT. A pair of snap hooks I9 having looped inner extremities or eyes 20 are loosely disposed about the wire I5 in the recesses 30, 3| in such a manner as to project through the apertures 2 I, 24, formed in the tube or casing I4, as shown in Figure 3. These snap hooks I9 loosely surround the embedded wire I5, so that they may have movement relative to the casing or tube I4.

The ring I6 has secured thereto, one end of elongated cord 23, which is Wound around a drum or a reel 24 carried by a ribbed handle 25.

In the use and operation of this device, when the hook II is engaged with an obstruction such as obstruction I3, and cannot readily be released therefrom, the releasing member I2 is snapped onto a line III. The snap hooks I9 are loosely engaged about the line I 0 which forms a guide, and the reel 24 is turned in an unwinding direction to permit the releasing member I 2 to drop downward along one side of line III while the latter is held substantially taut. The releasing member I2 may be lowered to a point adjacent the hook II and obstruction I3, and if the releasing member I2 can slide past th obstruction I3, and drop therebelow, the weighted releasing member I2 will be able to pull hook I I from the obstruction.

However, if releasing member I2 cannot extend below hook I I releasing member I2 may be vertically reciprocated so as to break obstruction I3, or gradually disengage the hook therefrom. This device will provide a simple means for releasing snagged hooks, and has been found in practice to be capable of releasing practically every snagged hook without injury to the hook, lure or other means disposed in the line If).

The tubular member M'has graduations 26 on the outer surface thereof for use in measuring the length of fish, and the cord 23 also has foot indications 21 thereon for use in determining the depth of water. Preferably the indications 21 are formed by waterproof enamel with every fifth indication of a different color from the remaining indications. The handle 25 and the reel 24 are preferably made out of wood so that if the retriever is dropped in the water the handle and reel will float to the surface.

What is claimed is: I

A hook retrieving means comprising an elongated body member having an outer elongated tubular portion provided with a plurality of spaced apertures therein, a weight fixedly positioned in said tubular member, said weight having recesses therein aligned with said apertures, a wire embedded in said weight extending longitudinally therethrough and passing through said recesses, said wire having an eye formed at one end thereof exteriorly of said weight, and snap hooks adapted to releasably receive a line and 3 having looped inner extremities, said extremities extending through said apertures into said recesses, the looped extremities thereof loosely surrounding said wire to permit limited lateral and vertical movement of said snap hooks.

WALTER CARR.

REFERENCES CITED Number 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Soper Mar. 27, 1906 Griflith Dec. 26, 1939 Bray Apr. 13, 1943 Paulick July 11, 1944 Sevengny Apr. 30, 1946 

